Council poll: ACN campaigns for CPC chairmanship candidate

Following the merger of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Congress for Progress Change (CPC) into the All Progressives Congress (APC), the two parties yesterday reached an understanding that ACN members should vote for the CPC candidate, Mr. Musa Dikko, in the chairmanship election in Bwari Area Council at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on March 16.

The ACN aspirant, Gladys Okonzor, who spoke to our correspondent during a joint meeting of the two parties in Bwari, Abuja, said: “Our party has instructed us that we should work with the CPC.” It was learnt that due to the merger, members of the CPC in Abaji Area Council would vote for the ACN chairmanship candidate in the poll.

The Chairman of ACN in Bwari Area Council, Mr. Michael Ogbichi, said members of the two parties were happy to have merged into the APC.